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1 posted on 07/27/2008 6:00:20 PM PDT by Yosemitest
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To: Yosemitest

I ran ZoneAlarm software firewalls for years and came to hate them because they were so hard to get rid of. I’ve had no experience with their hardware. Belkin is IMHO a low-end product.

I loathe Netgear.

I’ve had good service from Buffalo. I currently have 4 TeraStations, a router, an AirStation wireless-to-ethernet bridge, etc., and have never had a single failure.

I’m also a big fan of SMC networking products.

Prolly no help to you, but there’s .02 worth...

MM


2 posted on 07/27/2008 6:07:05 PM PDT by MississippiMan
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As far as a router/firewall/wireless access poiunt, just about any make will be decent. My opinion is that Linksys are the best.

However, when looking at a printer server be very careful to do your homework and get very specific information that says it WILL work with the brand(s) and model(s) of printer you plan to use.

If the literature and specs of the server do not specifically name your brand/model of printer, DO NOT assume that it will work. Likely, it will not.

I speak from experience. Caveat emptor.

3 posted on 07/27/2008 6:08:47 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great spirits will always encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds.)
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Oh yeah...one other thing....as far as regular old wired routers go...get an SMC. They rock.


4 posted on 07/27/2008 6:09:58 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great spirits will always encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds.)
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I've heard from friends the Zone Alarm routers are good. I've had good customer service from Linksys. With a wireless router, make sure you have good support (unless you are a PC Tech and can go it alone). I'm an IS guy, but when it comes to debugging routers I have to call for help.
5 posted on 07/27/2008 6:23:55 PM PDT by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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I’d like to get rid of Symantec products on my machines. What is the best free/cheap replacement?


7 posted on 07/27/2008 6:33:56 PM PDT by Royal Wulff
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leo laporte today was saying

don’t use zone alarm

if you have a router.


13 posted on 07/27/2008 8:05:48 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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The Zonealarm system will provide extra security at a price, but unless you have very naive users (young kids?) who click on any link they see, it won’t provide much more protection than a good router and anti-virus software.

It’s more substantial negative is the proprietary Super-G Wifi system. Unless you have Super-G cards (atheros chipset, primarily in Netgear and D-Link cards) the router will run at standard 54mbps speeds.

I would recommend getting a Wifi-N router. Any new laptop will include a Wireless-N card, so it makes sense to get an N router even though the speed boost isn’t quite all the way to 300mpbs. N also features greater range, so you will see an improvement even with a standard G card.

I have the Belkin N1 router and have been very happy with it. You really want to avoid the Pre-N routers now that the final draft standard has been approved. You want to look for a router that supports the “Draft 2.0” specification, which is the final spec.


15 posted on 07/27/2008 8:23:17 PM PDT by MediaMole
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I have had good luck with belkins. If you want to have more flexibility look in to routers that support this dd-wrt firmware update. I had tried it on one of my belkins but it wasnt really supported, it did load and had lots of extra options, however wireless didnt work anymore, I probably could have messed around with more but I didnt have time. Turn your 60 dollar router in to a 600 dollar router
18 posted on 07/27/2008 10:20:24 PM PDT by Liberty2007 (Here's Dr. Savage's analysis on the POTUS race"The Afro-Leninist vs The Sarcophogus)
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My OS of choice (given what’s out there) is W2K.

Zonealarm has a bad attitude about W2K.


21 posted on 08/04/2008 2:44:09 AM PDT by djf (Get ready! Buy Cheez Wiz! It goes with anything!)
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